Xeon Platinum 8360HL vs Core 2 Duo E6550

Primary details

Comparing Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking2817not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
Power efficiency0.81no data
Architecture codenameConroe (2006−2007)Cooper Lake-SP (2021)
Release dateJuly 2007 (17 years ago)6 April 2021 (3 years ago)

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores2 (Dual-core)24 (Tetracosa-Core)
Threads248
Base clock speed2.33 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed2.33 GHz4.2 GHz
Bus rate1333 MHzno data
L1 cache64 KB64K (per core)
L2 cache4 MB1 MB (per core)
L3 cache0 KB33 MB (shared)
Chip lithography65 nm14 nm
Die size143 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature72 °Cno data
Number of transistors291 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
VID voltage range0.85V-1.5Vno data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration18
SocketPLGA775FCLGA4189
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt225 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI-+
AVX-+
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)++
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technology-no data
Hyper-Threading Technology-+
TSX-+
Idle States+no data
Thermal Monitoring+-
Demand Based Switching-no data
FSB parity-no data
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT++
EDB++

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL are enumerated here.

VT-dno data+
VT-x++
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR1, DDR2, DDR3DDR4 RDIMM
Maximum memory sizeno data4.5 TB
Max memory channelsno data6
ECC memory support-+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL.

PCIe versionno data3.0
PCI Express lanesno data48

Pros & cons summary


Physical cores 2 24
Threads 2 48
Chip lithography 65 nm 14 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 225 Watt

Core 2 Duo E6550 has 246.2% lower power consumption.

Xeon Platinum 8360HL, on the other hand, has 1100% more physical cores and 2300% more threads, and a 364.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between Core 2 Duo E6550 and Xeon Platinum 8360HL. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Core 2 Duo E6550 is a desktop processor while Xeon Platinum 8360HL is a server/workstation one.


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